Mother's Day Bouquet

Dear mothering people,

dear people who care dearly and sincerely,

dear mothers within, nurturing us towards liberation,

I see you.

I see your work, your sweet sweat, your salty tears

I see your desperation, your hope and resilience

I see your roots, your strength, your exhaustion.

I see that you keep on being this caring presence against all odds

I see you shine beyond patriarchy, capitalism and white supremacy

I see you transforming this system that is not interested in your well-being, not even your survival

I see the systems of care you have created, within yourself, in your surroundings

I hear the affirming words you keep repeating, sometimes breathlessly

I hear the songs you sing when you cannot fall asleep

I hear the poems you share when your loved ones won’t wake up

I know that you always give more than you thought you could

I know how it feels to have no feelings left

I know how it feels to just be tired

I hear your NO growing solid like a mountain

I am with you when you stay anyways

I see you when you overstep your boundaries

I hear you when you cry and scream inside

I am with you when you rest and start again

I know how it feels to get up, grow beyond what you were told you could be

I see your beauty shine in your dreams

I breathe your ideas of a world that is kind and just and governed by tenderness and respect and freedom

I see how much work it is to keep these ideas up, not question what you have created

How much it takes to empower and nurture what we have built

I know you are suffering.

This crisis is a painful concentration of what we have always experienced and done and known

This is a time to take care of ourselves and those who need us

A time to finally acknowledge that there is no other, only an us.

A time to put into action what we have been working towards

We are in this together, affected very differently, clearly

we need each other more than ever

This is your moment, your time, your world

Dear mothering self, dear mothering sisters and siblings,

I am with you and this is only the beginning

We are about to see the birth of a world, build on the reflections of our hearts&souls.